4.--Mr. Incledon, accompanied by Mr. Collyer and Master Taylor, commenced
a four nights' engagement at Norwich Theatre. He appeared as Capt.
Macheath ("Beggars' Opera"), Hawthorne, Tom Tug, and Steady ("The
Quaker").
9.*--"One day this week some men were opening in St. Peter Mancroft
Church, Norwich, a vault which had been closed nine years, when they
found three bats entirely covered with mould and dust. They were in a
state of complete torpidity, but one of them immediately took flight."
13.--A severe thunderstorm, accompanied by rain and hail, occurred at
Yarmouth and other places in the neighbourhood.
18.--Miss L. Kelly, of Drury Lane, appeared at Norwich Theatre as Juliet.
She was joined on the 21st by her sister, Miss F. Kelly.
--At the Norfolk Assizes, held at Thetford, before Mr. Baron Wood, Robert
Lord, _alias_ Davies, and William Hardy were indicted for having forged
notes in their possession. A curious circumstance led to the detection
of the first-named prisoner. A parcel was sent from London by the
Fakenham coach addressed to "Isaac Davies, Tivetshall Ram, Norfolk." The
address was so badly written as to be mistaken for "Swetshall Ram," and,
as no such place could be found, the proprietor of the coach opened the
parcel and discovered the forged notes. Lord was found guilty, and
sentenced to 14 years' transportation. Hardy was acquitted.
19.--Died, Nehemiah Haylett, of Kenninghall, aged 101.
21.--Died, at Lynn, Mr. Thomas Day, in his 87th year. He was the oldest
burgess in that town, and the last of the officers of the West Norfolk
Militia, who, in 1759, volunteered their services to the Government. In
1779, when the Lynn Volunteers were formed, Mr. Day was selected Colonel
Commandant.
23.*--"Died lately at Dunham, in his 85th year, Thomas Grounds, and about
an hour after, Jane, his wife, in her 83rd year. They were both buried
in one coffin."
29.--At a public meeting held at the Guildhall, Norwich, it was resolved
on the motion of Mr. Robert Fellowes, seconded by the Rev. J. Ives, to
establish a Savings Bank. The bank was opened, with offices in St.
Andrew's Hall, on April 29th, and on the first day 86 pounds 3s. 6d. was
received from depositors in sums of 1s. and upwards.
30.*--(Advt.) "By desire of Thomas Thurtell, Esq., and William Foster,
Esq., Sheriffs of the City of Norwich, at the Theatre Royal, on Saturday,
April 6th, the Comedy of 'The Road to Ruin,' the Farce called 'The Lyar,'
and the Burlesque Opera 'Bombastes Furioso.'"
31.--Died very suddenly at an advanced age, in the pulpit of Hales
Church, the Rev. Valentine Lumley Barnard, rector of Stockton, Norfolk.